Table attachment for seats



K. S. BASKIN.

TABLE ATTACHMENT FOR SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1920.

1,351,548. I 'Patented Aug. 31;"192 0 I 2 SHEETS- -SHEET. I.

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TABLE ATTACHMENT FOR SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3 1920.

1, 35 1 ,548 Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

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Pr ce- KENNETH S. BASKIN, OF CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO.

TABLE ATTACHMENT FOR SEATS.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

Applichtlon fiiea'ma a, 1920. Serial No. 378,360.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KENNETH S. BASKIN, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Cleveland Heights, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Table Attachment for Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements'in table-attachments for seats, and pertains more especially to a table attachment the table of which is adjustable forwardly and rearwardly and up and down and can be positioned horizontally or at an angle to a horizontal plane.

One object of this invention is to produce a highly practical table-attachment of the character indicated which is simple and durable in construction, attractive in appearance, and adequately supported without interfering with extensiveknee-room for the occupant of the seat.

Another object is to facilitate the assemblage of the component parts of said table-attachment and the manipulations required for readjustments of the table.

With these objects in view, and to attain any other object hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in'certain features of construction, and combinations and relative arrangements of parts, hereinafter described in this specification, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan of a table-attachment embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken along the line 2- 2, Fig. 1, looking forwardly. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken along the line 3-3, Fig. 2 looking downwardly. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken along the line 4-4, Fig. 2, looking outwardly. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken along the line 55, Fig. 2, lookin inwardly. Fig. 6 shows a portion of ig. 4, except that in Fig. 6 the table is inclined whereas in Fig. 4 the table is in a horizontal position. Fig. 7 is a section taken along the line 7-7, Fig. 6, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken along either line 88, Fig. 4. Portions are broken away in the drawings either to more clearly show the construction or to reduce the size of the drawings.

Referring to said drawings, 10 (see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8) indicates a substantially vertical standard which is preferably com- I ber 13 and is adapted to rest on the floor Said standard has its upper end portion, wh ch is arranged above the seat-proper 12, forming a substantially vertically arranged guideway which is engaged by a correspondlngly arranged metal sleeve embracing and adjustable endwise of said portion of and extending above the standard 10 and forming a vertically adjustable support, as will hereinafter more clearly appear, for a table 14, Said adjustable sleeve preferably comprises two metal plates 15 and 16 arranged at, and covering the innerside and outer side respectively of the pper end portion of the standard 10, and saidplates extend above the standard in any adjustment of said sleeve. Preferably the guideway-forming upper end portion of said standard has its front and rear edges vertical and parallel and is therefore uniform in width, and the inner plate 15 (see Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4) has flanges 17 overlapping said edges. The outer plate 16 is somewhat wider than the inner plate 15 and has two laterally inwardly projecting flanges 19 overlapping the outer sides of the flanges 17 of said inner plate. Fig. 2 shows the flanges 17 and 19 extending from the upper end to the lower end of the sleeve formed by the plates 15 and 16. Means for connecting together the lower end portions of the plates 15 and 16' (see Figs. 2, 4 and 8) comprise two substantially horizontal bolts which are spaced transversely of the standard 10 and have their shanks 20 extending through vertical slots 21 in the standard and through boltholes 22 in the plates 15 and 16 and have their heads 23'overlapping-the laterally inwardly facing side of the inner plate 15. On each bolt-shank 20 is threaded a nut 24 at the outer side of the outer plate 16. Ob-

viously manipulation of the nuts 24 as required to loosen them in relation to the standard 10 renders the plates 15 and 16, and consequently the sleeve formed by said upper ends of-the plates 15 and 16 and somewhat beyond the outer side of the outer late 16. Said table is provided at the bottom thereof, at said outer side of the outer plate 16, with a metal bar 25 whlch extends transversely of said side of said outer plate, and said bar is provided at its top with a laterally and outwardly projectin flange 26 to which the table 18 removab y secured by screws 27. The table 14 1s arranged in the main id; the laterally 1nwardly facing side of the inner plate 15 and pivotally connected, above the standard 10 and in proximity to the upper extremities of the plates 15 and 16, to the upper end portions of said plates through the medium ofa substantially horizontal pivotal pin 28 which (see Fig. 2) is arranged longitudinally of the table and applied as herelnafter described and also employed in the pivotal connection to said plates of a brace arranged under the table at said side of said inner plate and having a body 30 extending d1- agonally from the bottom of the table at a point spaced laterally inwardly from the upper end of said inner plate downwardly and toward the lower portion of said inner plate. The body 30 of said brace has its lower end arranged opposite the inner side of the standard 10 and has an arm 31 arranged next and abutting laterally against the laterally inwardly facing side of the inner plate 15 and extending vertically up-' wardly from. said lower end of said body to the upper end of said plate and conse quently above said standard and preferably into close proximity to the table. The piv otal pin 28 extends through the upper end portion of the arm 31 and through the bar 25 and through slots 33 and 34 formed respectively (see Figs. 2 and 3) in the plates 15 and 16 above the standard 10 and rests onthe bottoms of said slots which register and extend transversely of said plates in -a horizontal plane and permit readjustment of the table rearwardly and forwardly. The pin 28 is shown upset, as at 35, at the outer side of the bar 25 and extends through the brace-arm 31 and beyond the laterally inwardly facing side of said arm and has a head 36 at its inner end, and a washer 37 is shown interposed between said head and said arm. A tubular member 38 is mounted on the pin 28 between and braces apart the plates 15- and 16.

The upper ends of the plates- 15 and 16' are so contoured as to permit the table 14, when the table is free to bereadjusted rearwardly and forwardly, to be actuated from the substantially horizontal position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 into the inclined position shown in Fig. 6, or vice versa. Means for securing the table 14 to the plates 15 and 16 in the desired ad'ustment of the table in relation to said plates (see Figs. 3 and 7) preferabl comprise a bolt having its shank 40 exten ing through the slots 33 and 34 and through slots 41 and 42 respectively formed in the bar 25 and brace-arm 31 and beyond the outer side of said bar. The slots 41 and 42 register therefore with the slots 33 and 34, and the last-mentioned bolt has a head 43 overlapping the laterally inwardly facing side of the brace-arm 31, and a nut 44 is threaded at the outer side of the bar 25 onto the bolt-shank 40. By manipulating the nut 44 as required to loosen it in relation to the bar 25 the table 14 is rendered free to be readjusted in relation to the plates 15 and 16 and is secured in the desired adjustment by tightening said nut against said bar. The slots 41 and 42 are curved and extend circumferentially of the axes of the table and hereinbefore mentioned brace and are concentric in relation to said axes .and arranged as required to permit actuation of the table, when the table is free to be readjusted, circumferentially of said axes, from the inclined position shown in Fig. 6 into the substantially horizontal position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, or

vice versa. A tubular member 45 is mounted on the bolt-shank 40 between and braces apart the plates 15 and 16.

To render the .hereinbefore mentioned brace more especiall strong the body 30 of the brace is U-s aped in cross-section from the table to the lower end of the arm 31, and said arm has two spaced parallel flanges 46 extending from the upper end to the lower end of the arm. Each flange 46 extends at its lower end into contiguity with the adjacent end of the adjacent upwardly projecting side member 47 of the body 30 of the brace, and said side member 47 of said body and said flange 46 (see Figs. 1, 2 and 3) have their adjacent ends relatively contoured and arranged to effect vthe format-ion, between said ends, of a butt-'oint 48 extending from the lower end 0 said arm upwardly and inwardly as shown in Fig. 2. Preferably the body 30 of the brace is provided at its upper end with a flange 49 which is arranged under and next the bottom of the table 14, and the table is secured to said flange preferably removably by screws 50. Said brace has said flange 49 arranged farther from the table-carrying sleeve or adjustable support formed by the plates 15 and 16 than any other portion of -ment of the parts hereinbefore described my improved table-attachment for a seat is rendered adequately strong and durable and avoids interference with a comparatively extensive knee-room for an occupant of the seat, and not unimportant to the most successful attainment of the hereinbefore stated objects are the pivotal connection to the plates 15 and 16 of the brace and table well above the lower end of the body 30 of the.

brace and the arrangement in one and the same horizontal plane of the pivotal pin 28 and the bolt embraced by the'member 45 and the extension of said bolt and said pin through the same horizontal slots 33 and 34 in said plates soas to render said brace and the table simultaneously adjustable transversely of the plates. It will also be observed that the relative arrangements of the parts are such that in the inclined position of the table, shown in Fig. 6, the table and the brace are not only supported from the plates 15 and 16 through the medium of the pivotal pin 28, but that the-upper end walls of the slots 41 and 42 rest on the boltshank 40, as shown in Fig. 7.

What I claim isl. The combination, with a seat, a standard at the forward end and one side of the seat, a support adjustable up and down said standard, means for securing said adjust-,

able support in the desired adjustment, and a table extending over said adjustable support and arranged in the main at the laterally inwardly facing side of and pivotally connected to said support and movable, when free to be readjusted, circumferentially ofits axis, from a substantially horizontal position into an inclined position or vice versa, of a brace arranged under said table and secured to the table at a point spaced laterally inwardly from the aforesaid adjustable support and extending from the table downwardly to said side of said support, said brace being pivotally connect ed to said adjustable support and having its axis coincident with the axis of the table, said table and said brace being adjustable rearwardly and forwardly in a substantially horizontal plane, and means for securing the brace'and the table to said adjustable support in the desired adjustment of the table in relation to said support, the last-mentioned securing means and the aforesaid axes being in the same horizontal plane.

2. The combination, with a seat, a standard at the forward end and one side of the seat and having itsupper end portion forming a ideway, a sleeve embracingand adjustab e endwise of the upper end portion of and supported from and extendmg above sald standard, and a table extending over the upper end of said sleeve and arran ed in the main at the laterally inwardly acing side of the sleeve and ivotally connected above" said standard to the sleeve, of a brace arranged under said table and secured to the table at a point spaced laterally inwardly from said sleeve and extendin from the table downwardly to said side oi the sleeve, said brace being pivotally connected to said sleeve and having its axis coincident with the axis of the table, and means for securing' thetable and the brace to said sleevein the des red adjustment of the table circumferentially of said axes, said table and the brace bemg adjustable rearwardly and forwardly 1n relation to the sleeve.

3. The combination, with a seat, a standard at the forward end and one side of the seat and having its upper end portion formmg a guldeway, a vertically adjustable su port carried by said standard and compr1s-' ing two plates arranged opposite the inner side and outer slde respectively of said portion of and extending above the standard 'from said inner plate and extending from the table downwardly to said side of said inner plate, said brace being pivotally connected to said plates and having its axis coincident with the axis of the table, and means for securin the table and the brace to said plates in t e desired adjustment'of the table circumferentially of said axes.

4. The combination, with a seat, a standard at the forward end and one side of the seat and having its upper end portion forming a guideway, a sleeve embracing and adjustable endwise of said portion of said standard and comprising two plates arranged opposite the inner side and outer side respectively of said portion of. and extending above the standard and connected together, and a table extending over the upper ends of said plates and arranged in vthe main at the laterally inwardly facing ally inwardly from said inner plate and extending from the table downwardly to said inner plate, said brace being pivotally colinected to said. plates and having its axis coincident with the axis of the table, and means for securing the table and the brace to said plates in the desired adjustment of the table circumferentially of said axes, said brace and said table being simultaneously adjustable transversely of saidplates.

5. The combination, with a seat, a standard at the forward end and one side of the seat, two plates arranged opposite the inner side and outer side respectively and adjustable endwise of and extending above said standard, and a table extending over the upper ends of said plates and provided at its bottom, at the outer side of the outer plate, with a bar extending transversely of said side of said outer plate, said table being arranged in the main at the laterally inwardly facing side of the inner plate, of

a pivotal pin extending through said bar andthrough said plates and inwardly beyond said side of said inner plate, a brace arranged under said table and secured' to the table at a point spaced laterally. inwardly from the inner plate'and extending from the table downwardly to said side of said inner plate and having a portion thereof embracing said pin, said pin forming the pivotal connection between said brace and the aforesaid plates, and means for securing the brace and the table to said plates in the desired adjustment of the table.

6. The combination, with a seat, a standard at the forward end and one side of the seat, two plates arranged opposite the inner side and outer side respectively and adjustable endwise of and extending above said standard, each plate being provided above said standard with a substantially horizontal slot which extends transversely of and laterally through the plate and is parallel and registers with the corresponding slot in the other plate, and a table extending over the upper ends of said plates-and provided at its bottom, at the outer side of the outer plate, with a bar extending transversely of said side of said outer plate, said table being arranged in the main at the laterally inwardly facing side of the inner plate, of a pivotal pin extending through said bar and through the aforesaid slots and inwardly beyond said side of said inner plate and resting on the bottoms of. said slots, and a brace arranged under the table and secured to the table at a point spaced laterally inwardly from said inner plate and extending from the table to said inner plate and below the aforesaid slots and having a member embracing the aforesaid pin, and means for securing the table to the plates in the desired adjustment of the table in relation to the plates.

7. The combination, with a seat, a standplate, and a table arran ed in the main at facing side of the the laterally inwardly inner plate and extending over said plates and having a bar extending transversely of the outer side of the outer plate, a pivotal pin extending from within said bar through and inwardly beyond said inner plate and through and resting on the bottoms of said slots, and a brace arranged under and se cured to the table and having a member embracing said pin, said pin-embracing bracemember and said bar having curved slots registering with the first-mentioned slots and arranged to permit readjustment of the table circumferentially of said pin, of a bolt having its shank extending through all of said slots and through and outwardly beyond said bar and through said pin-emracing brace-member and having a head overlapping the laterally inwardly facing side of said pin-embracing brace-member, anut threaded onto said shank at the outer side of said bar, and a tubular member on said shank between and bracing apart the aforesaid plates.

8. The combination, with a seat, a standard at the forward end and one side of the seat, two plates at the inner side and outer side respectively of and supported from and extending above said standard, a table extending over said plates and arranged in the main at the laterally inwardly facing side of the inner plate and having a bar extending transversely of the outer side of the outer plate, and a pivotal pin extending from within said bar through said plates and inwardly beyond the aforesaid side of the inner plate, of a brace arranged under the table and secured to the table at a point spaced laterally inwardly from the inner plate and having a portion thereof embracing said pin, means for securing the brace and the table to said plates in the desired adjustment of the table circumferentially of said pin, the brace being provided at its upper end with a flange arranged under and next the table, and screws securing the table to said flange, said flange being farther from said plates than any other portion of the brace and provided at its extremity which is farthest from the aforesaid inner plate with a member which projects upwardly into the table.

9. The combination, with a seat, a standard at the forward end and one sideof the i seat, a support adjustable up and down the upper end portion of and extending above the standard, means for securing said adjustable support in the desired adjustment, and a table extending over said adjustable support and arranged in the main at'the laterally inwardly facing side of and pivotally connected to-said support and movable, when free to be readjusted, circumferentially of its axis, of a brace arranged under the table and having an angular member which is secured to the table at a point spaced laterally inwardly from said adjustable support and extends from the' table downwardly to a point opposite the inner side of the aforesaid standard and also having an arm which extends upwardly from the lower end of said member and abuts laterally against the aforesaid side of and is pivotally connected to said adjustable support and has its axis coincident with the axis of the table, and means for securing the table and said arm to said adjustable support in the desired adjustment of the table in relation to said support.

10. The combination, with a seat, a standard at the forward end and one side'of the seat, a support adjustable endwise of the upper end portion of and extending above and carried by the standard, and a table extend-. ing over said adjustable support and arranged in the main at the laterally inwardly facing side of said support and provided at the outer side of the upper end portion of said support with a bar which extends transversely of said outer side of said support, and a pivotal pin arranged longitudinally of the table and extending from within said bar through said adjustable support and beyond the laterally inwardly factable and having an angular member which is U-shaped in cross-section and secured to ing side of said support, of a brace arranged under the table and having an angular member which is secured to and extends downwardly from the table at a point spaced lat-f erally inwardly from said adjustable support and also comprising an arm which ex:

tends from the lower end of said member upwardly into proximity to the table and embraces said pin, and means for securing the table and the brace to said adjustable support. in the desired adjustment of the table in relation to said support.

11. The combination, with a seat, a standard at the front and one side of the seat, a support adjustable endwise of the upper portion of and extending above and carried by the standard, and ata'ble extending over said adjustable support andarran'ged 1n the of and pivotally connected to said support and having its axis arranged longitudinally of the table, of a brace arranged under the and extend downardly from the table at a point spaced laterally inwardly from said adjustable support and also comprising an arm which extends upwardly from the lower end of said member and is arranged at the laterally inwardly facing side of said support and has spaced flanges which project toward said body and extend longitudinally of the arm, said arm being ivotally connected at its upper end portionto said adjustable support and having its axis coincident with the axis of the table, and means for securing the table and the brace to said adjustable support in the desired adjustment of the table in relation to said support, each flange of the aforesaid arm being contiguous at its lower end to the adjacent end of the adj acent upwardly projecting side memberof the body of the brace, and said side member of said body and said flange having their adjacent ends relatively contoured and arranged to effect the formation, between said ends, of a butt-joint extending from the lower end of said arm upwardly and inwardly.

12. The combination, with a seat, a standard at the forward end and one side of the seat, two plates arranged at the inner side and outer side respectively of and supported from and extending above the standard and each provided with a substantially horizontal slot which extends laterally through the plate and registers with the corresponding slot in the other plate, and a table extending over said plates and arranged in the main at the laterally inwardly facing side of the inner plate and having a bar arranged at the outer side of and opposite the slot in and extending transversely of said outer plate, of a brace arranged under the table and having an angular member which extends from the table downwardly toward the inner plate and comprising an arm extendin opposite theislot in said inner plate, a plvotal pin extending from within said arm through said slots and into the aforesaid bar, a bolt which has a head overlapping the laterally inwardly facing side of said arm and has its shank extending through. said arm and through said slots and through said bar and beyond the outer side of said bar, and a nut threaded onto said shank at said slde of said bar, said bar and said am being provided at said bolt with curved slots registering with the first-mentioned slots and arranged to permit readjustment of the table circumferentially of the aforesaid pin. mam at' the laterally inwardly facing side In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of twowit 

